As the The Weather Channel put it last Wednesday, “Many cities from the Midwest to the Northeast are on pace to see one of their warmest Marches on record. The following is a look at six of these cities, some of which are a slam dunk to see their warmest March and others that are a close call.”

The NOAA lab in Boulder said March across the country seemed more like June than Colorado’s snowiest month.

Denver closed out the month with nine straight days above 70 degrees, and two above 80, including three daily record highs. Chicago logged nine consecutive record high temperatures, including eight days above 80, the Earth System Research lab states.

The lab’s lively, interesting website “attempts to make some scientific sense of this apparent madness.” it promises

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